Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Postal sytems

Postal Station

postal stations are specialized buildings exclusively devoted to the postal service. if there is a special building that has other functions than a postal station, we still code postal station as present. the intent is to capture additional infrastructure beyond having a corps of messengers. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
postal_station	The absence or presence of postal station for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Postal Station	Description	Edit
231	(Kara-Khanids)	Full Year Range of Kara-Khanids is assumed. [950, 1212]	present	None
232	(Chenla)	Full Year Range of Chenla is assumed. [550, 825]	unknown	None
233	(Phoenician Empire)	Full Year Range of Phoenician Empire is assumed. [-1200, -332]	unknown	None
234	(Saadi Sultanate)	Full Year Range of Saadi Sultanate is assumed. [1554, 1659]	unknown	None
235	(Jenne-jeno I)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno I is assumed. [-250, 49]	unknown	None
236	(Jenne-jeno II)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno II is assumed. [50, 399]	unknown	None
237	(Jenne-jeno III)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno III is assumed. [400, 899]	absent	None
238	(Jenne-jeno IV)	Full Year Range of Jenne-jeno IV is assumed. [900, 1300]	unknown	None
239	(Eastern Turk Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Eastern Turk Khaganate is assumed. [583, 630]	unknown	None
240	(Rouran Khaganate)	Full Year Range of Rouran Khaganate is assumed. [300, 555]	absent	None

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